The Central College volleyball team has received the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award, continuing an unprecedented 19-year streak of earning the national honor. It’s the most consecutive years any Division III college has been recognized. Central has been cited 20 times overall. To receive the AVCA distinction, a team’s combined grade point average (GPA) for the preceding year must be 3.30 or higher (4.0 scale). The program is in its 27th year and Central is among 175 Division III schools cited. Central had eight players earn academic all-Iowa Conference recognition last fall, which requires a 3.50 or better cumulative GPA. That group included Chapel Carter, Brooke Caves, Courtney Comstock, Jenna Decker , Erin Dilger, DaLana Kron and Hannah Tripp.